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Airdrie triathlete Sophia Howell earned her first piece of hardware of the 2022 Canada Summer Games on Aug. 8, swimming, running and cycling her way to a third-place finish in the women's sprint triathlon. 

“It means a lot because we come from a small part of Alberta and we were able to represent our country,” she said. “It was an exciting opportunity and the highlight of the season.”

“We wanted to come out and execute to our level and we played a very complete game on all three phases," Bellot said.

Seven Airdrie athletes will be competing on the national stage this month at the 2022 Canada Summer Games. 

The Cochrane-based Junior B Tier 1 team finished fourth in their quest to clinch the Larry Bishop Memorial Cup in Okotoks last weekend (July 29 to Aug. 1) after a hard-fought season that saw the ‘Tips earn the top seed and win the central division championship for the first time in franchise history.

The 'Hawks dynasty will continue, at least for another year.

The Irish book-ended the regular season with an emphatic 46-8 victory over the Fort McMurray Monarchs on July 23.

Thirteen-year-old Evan Squires is representing Airdrie and Cochrane on the national karate team by competing in the upcoming Pan-American Games, hosted in Mexico City at the end of August.

Attention Airdrie golfers! There's still two days left to register for the RBC PGA Scramble golf tournament, which is swinging into action at the Woodside Golf Course on July 24.

"As an organization, this is massive for us," said head coach Tyler Waycott. "We set out at the beginning of the year to be at the top of the division and it's always been a goal of ours to get here."